Garessta

"Now, go forth, my mortal champion! Conquer this world—or else!"

I lived a painfully average life and died by a stupid, stupid accident, but a goddess interfered, giving me a second chance in another world.

There, I became royalty—the lazy kind with almost no obligations, free to live in peace and luxury for the rest of my days.

Sounds like a dream, right?

In reality, it was anything but—because I became *BEE* royalty. A Drone Bee, doomed to die of old age in 2 months! (A humanoid bee, thankfully, but still a bee in all the ways that matter.)

The only way to increase my lifespan is to develop and grow my bee colony—a deadly task in a vicious world like this one.
There are murderous insect monsters, colossal beasts trampling the earth, other civilizations, natural disasters, and the bitchy patron goddess who absolutely hates me.

But as long as I have my brains, my bees, and the powerful genes my system gives me, my Bee Empire will be unstoppable!

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For those who want to know more:
This is a wholesome comedic story, but it has some dark moments.
The focus is on kingdom building, survival as an empire, and interacting with MC’s beautiful bee wife and adorable bee daughters. 
The bees are all humanoid (see pictures) and human-sized. However, they are still bees in their ways of life and mentality.
Although there’s a system, real growth comes from putting effort and time. Nothing happens in an instant in this story, unless it’s trouble.
MC acts like an idiot sometimes (oftentimes), but he’s not actually stupid-stupid. When it comes to strategic decisions, he uses logic and reason. Even if you might disagree with it.

Also, there will be no smut (ecchi is a fair game), incest, NTR, harem or BL.

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Updates: 2 chapters/day, right after the reset (with a 5% chance of running late).
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Also, although I realize the futility of this aim (at least right now), if this novel reaches top 15 golden ticket ranking (and stays there for a few days, obv), I will mass release 10 extra chapters! (within 30 calendar days)

Reincarnated To Evolve My Bee Empire

…Because with how stealthy the metal-eaters were, it wasn't shocking that they easily got past all border patrols! They could even travel underground.

The only thing that prevented them from spreading too wide, I realized, was their land speed.

I saw it clearly when the metal-eater released into a forest clearing began slowly crawling away from me and the small team that came to observe and test my new method of searching.

If I wanted to, I could catch up with the metal-eater at a relaxed walking pace. And it wasn't just because of its wounds or exhaustion! It just had a very low agility.

This made me wonder how long was the life cycle of the Spotted Mountainboring Beetle, and how dangerous the adult beetles were compared to larva. With how radical metamorphoses of insects could be, there was no way to tell.

Mental triangulation